Comments on: Ronnie’s £80m market failure http://www.liberal-vision.org/2009/06/15/ronnie%e2%80%99s-80m-market-failure/ Looking Forward to Freedom Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Liberal Vision » Blog Archive » Around the Stonewall http://www.liberal-vision.org/2009/06/15/ronnie%e2%80%99s-80m-market-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Liberal Vision » Blog Archive » Around the Stonewall Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:35:42 +0000 http://www.liberal-vision.org/?p=1604#comment-1293 [...] yes, this is another football post. And there will be [...] [...] yes, this is another football post. And there will be [...]

]]> By: Julian Harris http://www.liberal-vision.org/2009/06/15/ronnie%e2%80%99s-80m-market-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 Julian Harris Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:45:35 +0000 http://www.liberal-vision.org/?p=1604#comment-1035 Thanks for the comment, Wayne - the link is now added. The following code should work for all links in comments: <a href="(INSERT LINK)" target=blank rel="nofollow">(TYPE TEXT)</a> Thanks for the comment, Wayne – the link is now added.

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]]> By: Wayne Lawrence http://www.liberal-vision.org/2009/06/15/ronnie%e2%80%99s-80m-market-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 Wayne Lawrence Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:33:22 +0000 http://www.liberal-vision.org/?p=1604#comment-1034 A nice deconstruction of the free market myth Julian. In fact the issues described are a microcosm of the wider economy. While the socialists crow about the failure of laissez faire economics and the free market, classical liberals and other true free marketeers know that that's bollocks. <a href=http://blog.mises.org/blog/ target=blank rel="nofollow">Von Mises Blog</a> frequently discusses the fallacy that the Anglo-Saxon world is operating in a free market by highlighting the interminable interventions by governments and central banks. To remorselessly invoke a snippet of Vince Lombardi out of context - "Football is like life" A nice deconstruction of the free market myth Julian. In fact the issues described are a microcosm of the wider economy. While the socialists crow about the failure of laissez faire economics and the free market, classical liberals and other true free marketeers know that that’s bollocks.

Von Mises Blog frequently discusses the fallacy that the Anglo-Saxon world is operating in a free market by highlighting the interminable interventions by governments and central banks.

To remorselessly invoke a snippet of Vince Lombardi out of context – “Football is like life”

]]> By: Paul Lockett http://www.liberal-vision.org/2009/06/15/ronnie%e2%80%99s-80m-market-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 Paul Lockett Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:28:10 +0000 http://www.liberal-vision.org/?p=1604#comment-1033 Importing an item for £12.24 million, using it productively for six years and exporting it for £80 million seems like it could be part of a sustainable business model to me. Real Madrid's approach might not be sustainable, but I don't see why that should concern anyone in the British government. For some, this is a "heads I win, tails you lose" issue. When the big foreign names come into the country, it's presented as a bad thing, because it makes it harder for British players to come through the ranks. When the big foreign names leave the country, it's presented as a bad thing, because our domestic teams become less competitive. Importing an item for £12.24 million, using it productively for six years and exporting it for £80 million seems like it could be part of a sustainable business model to me. Real Madrid’s approach might not be sustainable, but I don’t see why that should concern anyone in the British government.

For some, this is a “heads I win, tails you lose” issue. When the big foreign names come into the country, it’s presented as a bad thing, because it makes it harder for British players to come through the ranks. When the big foreign names leave the country, it’s presented as a bad thing, because our domestic teams become less competitive.

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